javascript windows-detecting status - cant detect status of opened window

Do you have the new window set as a variable in the script? It might do the trick.

It would be helpful to see what you have so far, if you could post the script that would be great

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John Pollock
http://www.pageresource.com

John: sorry, I didnt get an email indicating a response posted. I have basically given up trying. I was able to do a work around using cgi. The cgi will refresh the contents of the window if open. I would still love an answer. Basically, is there any way to tell if a window you opened via:
new_win=window.open('source.html','new_win');
is still open? If you just use new_win.close(); and the window is already closed, you get a not an object error. If anyone knows, please advise.

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Alan Izat

John:
Thanks for the response. I had tried that and other methods. If the window is already closed, this method generates a javascript error, that, depending on where in the script the call is made, can crash the script. The netscape console shows the error:

JavaScript Error:
http://www.connex-electronics.com/_private2/win1_frames.html,
line 15:

second_win.close is not a function.

The example code is at:
www.connex-electronics.com/_private2/frame_doc.html
(I added the code to my other example)

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Alan Izat

I think if you check for the existence of the window first, it would work OK. Something like this:

if (new_win)
{
new_win.close()
}

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John Pollock
http://www.pageresource.com